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Steven L. Taylor
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a retired Professor of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter

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  1. Stormy Dragon says:

    Does the Ohio law mean the parents of a transgender teen can sue a hospital for not prescribing off-label puberty blockers even though prescribing them for transgender teens on-label is illegal in Ohio?

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  2. Kathy says:

    Was mocking Musk a mistake?

    It was a mistake not to mock him effectively.

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  3. CSK says:

    I’ve always wondered why there are no Trump hotels in, say, London or Paris or Rome.

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  4. Kathy says:

    @CSK:

    I wonder whether a city could throw up 😉

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  5. Mister Bluster says:

    Third, if you really think you can control what your kids see and learn, you are fooling yourself.

    I remember pictures of naked women from Playboy and other skin magazines being passed around by boys when I was in grade school in the ’50s.
    I also remember getting on the school bus to go home in the 6th grade and the bus driver quickly hiding the copy of Playboy he had been looking at as he had not noticed me getting on the bus.
    If caught today the guy would likely have been prosecuted as a sex offender.

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  6. just nutha says:

    @CSK: Given that, worldwide, there are way fewer cities that have Trump hotels than cities that don’t, the question has never crossed my mind.

    Then again, when my sister-in-law and I met in Seoul last fall, I recommended that we book postage stamp-sized rooms in a yogwan for $23/night, so I’m probably not Trump’s target market segment.

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  7. Jay L Gischer says:

    Sad to say, I think, for instance Fetterman’s approach to Musk is reasonable. Even though Musk himself is not reasonable. But let people figure that out for themselves.

    However, I don’t think “jumping around the stage like a dipshit” hurt Harris/Walz that much, either.

    The thing about Musk is that he is easily manipulated, provided you understand what spectrum people are like. Really, it’s so easy.

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  8. Slugger says:

    How would the Ohio ivermectin law work? Let’s say that your doctor in Zanesville, OH, thinks that the scientific evidence doesn’t support the use of ivermectin. Obviously you can look for a doctor who does, but if that doctor is not credentialed at the one hospital in town, can some outsider bypass the credentialing process? Does this outsider have to have a medical license? Is there some malpractice immunity for the ivermectin doctors? Is it safe to give paxlovid, a proven med, simultaneously? Pregnancy increases the risks of Covid; can doctors give mifepristone to all women of reproductive age who get Covid?
    I have no knowledge about Zanesville; just picked it off a map. I did notice that 2/4 of the pulmonary/critical care doctors listed at the hospital there have Arabic names. Will they be immune from deportation?

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  9. steve says:

    At most hospitals you can still order Ivermectin if you want even though the literature shows it doesnt work. For the large majority of patients it is safe even if it doesnt work. However, we really shouldn’t have people ie other doctors interfering with pt care. I think it may be reasonable to have the family bring in their own doctor but they must take over all care. Nurses, therapists, etc should also have the option to opt out of caring for those pts and the family could bring in their own staff also. Credentialing should be the responsibility of the state and the results of that credentialing should be public. People should know that many/majority of docs advocating for Ivermectin have sketchy practice backgrounds.

    Steve

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